sake

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Purpose; motive: a quarrel only for the sake of argument.

n. Advantage; good: for the sake of his health.

n. Personal benefit or interest; welfare: for her own sake.

n. A Japanese liquor made from fermented rice.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Cause, interest or account.

n. Purpose or end; reason.

n. The benefit or regard of someone or something.

n. Contention, strife; guilt, sin, accusation or charge.

n. Rice wine, a Japanese alcoholic beverage made from rice.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Final cause; end; purpose of obtaining; cause; motive; reason; interest; concern; account; regard or respect; -- used chiefly in such phrases as, for the sake of, for his sake, for man's sake, for mercy's sake, and the like.

n. a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Strife; contention; dispute.

n. Fault; guilt.

n. Purpose; purpose of obtaining or achieving: as, to labor for the sake of subsistence.

n. Cause; account; reason; interest; regard to any person or thing: as, without sake: now always preceded by for, with a possessive: as, for my sake; for heaven's sake.

n. A Japanese fermented liquor made from rice. It contains from 11 to 17 per cent. of alcohol, and is heated before being drunk.

n. The generic name in Japan for all kinds of spirituous liquors, whether made from grain or grapes, fermented or distilled.

n. Same as saki.

n. A land-spring; a wet spot where the water oozes forth.

n. The magma or pulpy coagulum deposited from the waste liquors of wool-washing after addition of sulphuric acid. It is pressed cold to remove water; then, with hot pressing, it yields a dark-colored, sticky grease, known as Yorkshire grease, and a residual ‘seed-cake’ used as a fertilizer.

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But the farther they go, in the pursuit of wealth, for the sake of happiness, especially if successful in their plans and business, the more they forget their original purpose, and seek wealth for the _sake_ of wealth.

The generosity of these artists and curators, who often work without payment for a collective, greater, unspoken commitment to art for art's sake is largely unsung, but this evening was to celebrate all of them.

At some point, in fact, a pursuit of tradition for its own sake is as likely to impede our ability to experience art deeply as enable it, as the customary practices come to seem "normal" and departures from them unwelcome.

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"The magma or pulpy coagulum deposited from the waste liquors of wool-washing after addition of sulphuric acid. It is pressed cold to remove water; then, with hot pressing, it yields a dark-colored, sticky grease, known as Yorkshire grease, and a residual ‘seed-cake’ used as a fertilizer." --CD&C